Mothers' fear of human affects the emotional reactivity of young in domestic Japanese quail

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 215-231

  Bertin, Aline ^a   Richard Yris, Marie Annick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Coturnix coturnix japonica; Emotional reactivity to human; General emotional reactivity; Mother fear of human; Young behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 7044223233     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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